Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-02-09
SUNDAY SINS OF ptBr.


What slaves to the appetite the
American people are and how un-
reasonable are the ideas of many
that Sunday, the day set apart by
our Creator for rest, should be made
a day for the indulgence of especial
ldxuries, and that on that day we
must have an extra dinner instead
Of giving our poor stomachs the rest
they SO much need after a week of
hard labor, in which they have been
required to digest food enough to
give us strength for such duties as
we have had to perform.
l believe our Creator designed that
our stomachs should have some rest
on the Sabbath day, as well as our
bodies and minds. My idea Of rest
is not to lie abed Sunday morning
two or three hours later than usual,
then get up and eat a hearty break
fast; after this, without taking exer-
else enough to start digestion, sit
down and read the weekly papers
for an hour or more, than which there
is no better aid to indigestion with
one who is accustomed to vigorous
exercise, and by the time church.
time has come, says:
"Well, I am so tired l cannot go
to church to-day" OF if we do go we
are SO inactive, caused by the gorged
condition of our stomachs, that we
cannot possibly keep awake during
service, then come home and eat the
heartiest dinner of the whole week,
as there is nothing that will cause a
morbid craving for food like indiges-
ton.
A little while after eating the din
der the head will began TO ache
! Chose Sunday headaches of which
we SO often hear) so hard that we
will go to bed stupefied from over
taxing the stomach that we are emit
rely beyond all power of meditation.
and so instead of day of rest and
spiritual growth, it is worse than
thrown away, and yet we will preach
temperance while at the same time
we are practising intemperance to
nearly as great an extent as does the
drunkard or opium eater.
Besides our own suffering, when
we consider the added labor it causes
our wives and daughters, who have
the. cooking to do to prepare for Sun
days feasting, it is mo inconsiderable
addition to their labor. Often, too,
they fail to get it done Saturday, SO
have to work as hard Sunday as any
day in the week. / we'll know q wom-
an anda Christian woman, too, whom
l have heard often say,"How l do
dread Sunday, as | always have to
make warm biscuit and cook extra
vegetables on that day, or my hus.
band is not satisfied. She is fire.
quently obliged to stay at home
from church and work over the no,
stove all day, having no chafice to
read, rest or mediate on spiritual
things, and then often be accused by
her husband Of not keeping herself
informed.
If the husband and brother:
could realize the suffering this caus-
es and the injustice it is to those who
have this work to do, / doubt moi
the evil would be greatly remedied
l belive this custom to be one Of
the greatest causes for the prevalence
Of dyspepsia in our land. and for one
who already has the dyspepsia it is
like adding fuel to fire to require the
stomach to do double duty one day
out of ever week, instead Of granting
it a little period Of rest while the
body is resting.
As is we'll known to all who have
given the subject any thought, an
o%ver-taxed stomach causes m over
taxed brain, aud ( believe this is one
great cause of so much increase o.
paralytic trouble during these late
years. / also believe that many
times it is the foundation fot mental
insanity. / can see no why
intemperance in eating is not rs great
a sin as intemeprance in drinking
and it is certainly carried on to
much greater extent and often by
those who would scott at the ides
of being themselves considered in
temperate.
/ often hear people remark, "Wh:'
a lazy day Sunday is when l be
lieve if they would adopt the plar
of using on that day a very light
nutritious diet only, instead Of wha'
is SO commonly used, they woulc
soon realize hat indigestion was ONT
great cause of SO much tired, languit
feeling. NJ. J. B
VIII. Y0fI MAKE 4 NARnEN7